mfw i never knew it was a thing, i always assumed everyone heard a slight high pitched whinning when no other sounds are present... i've never experienced true silence in my life (as far as i can remember) and i never will

Dude. I tell this to everyone I know with tinnitus. Go onto youtube and search for long videos of white noise. Some people in the comments say that they cannot hear anything when the video is playing, they say its beautiful.

I'm sorry to ruin it for you, but that's not true. The reason why some people have tinnitus is because their tiny, delicate hairs in the inner ear is either broken or not straight. Whenever a soundwave of a specific frequence enters the ear, it will sound like tinnitus. Since this room is -9 decibels, there is no soundwaves, which means there is no tinnitus